Transneuronal retrograde degeneration of retinal ganglion cells and optic tract in hemianopic monkeys and humans

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2149-2157

  Cowey, Alan ^a   Alexander, Iona ^a   Stoerig, Petra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

degeneration; optic tracts; retina; V1

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RHESUS MONKEY;

EID: 79959723840     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr125     Document Type: Article

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